tpl: Add os.fileExists template function

Fixes #3839

tpl/os/init.go

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ func init() {
 			},
 		)
 
+		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.FileExists,
+			[]string{"fileExists"},
+			[][2]string{
+				{`{{ fileExists "foo.txt" }}`, `false`},
+			},
+		)
+
 		return ns
 
 	}

tpl/os/os.go

@@ -96,3 +96,22 @@ func (ns *Namespace) ReadDir(i interface{}) ([]_os.FileInfo, error) {
 
 	return list, nil
 }
+
+// FileExists checks whether a file exists under the given path.
+func (ns *Namespace) FileExists(i interface{}) (bool, error) {
+	path, err := cast.ToStringE(i)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if path == "" {
+		return false, errors.New("fileExists needs a path to a file")
+	}
+
+	status, err := afero.Exists(ns.deps.Fs.WorkingDir, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return status, nil
+}

tpl/os/os_test.go

@@ -63,3 +63,39 @@ func TestReadFile(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, test.expect, result, errMsg)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFileExists(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	workingDir := "/home/hugo"
+
+	v := viper.New()
+	v.Set("workingDir", workingDir)
+
+	ns := New(&deps.Deps{Fs: hugofs.NewMem(v)})
+
+	afero.WriteFile(ns.deps.Fs.Source, filepath.Join(workingDir, "/f/f1.txt"), []byte("f1-content"), 0755)
+	afero.WriteFile(ns.deps.Fs.Source, filepath.Join("/home", "f2.txt"), []byte("f2-content"), 0755)
+
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		filename string
+		expect   interface{}
+	}{
+		{filepath.FromSlash("/f/f1.txt"), true},
+		{filepath.FromSlash("f/f1.txt"), true},
+		{filepath.FromSlash("../f2.txt"), false},
+		{"b", false},
+		{"", nil},
+	} {
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %v", i, test)
+		result, err := ns.FileExists(test.filename)
+
+		if test.expect == nil {
+			require.Error(t, err, errMsg)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		require.NoError(t, err, errMsg)
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expect, result, errMsg)
+	}
+}